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Old August 15th, 2007, 19:11   #11
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Yeah I have one of these chargers too, and had similar problems when trying to charge a battery that was stored for a long period (actually found it easier to stick it into my old timer fast charger/discharger for a couple of cycles).

Like Styrak said, use a very lower sensitivity since it's NiCad, and use a lower amp setting (try 1 or 1.5, which is what my crank charger puts out while charging them). Check time yourself and watch the batteries for overheating (you're looking at about 45 minutes of charging at those settings, for 1900mah packs).

If the pack gets more than just warm, stop it.

Then discharge the battery.

You may need to do this a couple of times, but the pack will eventually get back to normal. And NiCad memory is a near-myth (it's been highly exaggerated by people who hear about it and don't fully understand what's going on).
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